Ovetto Recycling Bin

The Ovetto Recycling Bin is a beautiful and stylish way for you to dispose of your household rubbish. The segmented design helps to make recycling simpler, with 3 different sections to take different types of refuse.

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Hema Lamp – Sustainable Lamp Concept

The Hema Lamp is a beautifully designed lamp concept. The lamp is formed from materials that are either reclaimed or are sustainably produced. By using reclaimed wood and glass and using a mixture containing items such as corn husks, cotton and flowers the lamp gives off a pleasing glow and scent.

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Recycled Bottle Lamp Kit

This Recycled Bottle Light Kit helps you to turn any used glass bottle into a beautiful lighting feature. The kit uses a string of bright LEDs to create the illumination within the chosen bottle.

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Tin Can Recycling with the Frog Can Crusher

This Frog Can Crusher helps you to be able to crush your cans in style. By crushing your cans you can help save space in any recycling bin, or make it easier to transport the cans to a recycling center.

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Vac From The Sea By Electrolux

The Vac From The Sea is a concept by Electrolux to create vacuum cleaners from recycled plastic. Rather than using any old plastic they specifically wish to create vacuums from the plastic they will be gathering from the sea, either from floating plastic expanses or from shore lines.

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Recycle your Floppy Disks – Floppy Disk Plant Pot

The Floppy Disk Planter is an effective way to make use of any unwanted floppy disks you have lying around. This home project gives full instructions on how to construct the planter, helping you to recycle these now obsolete items into something that is both useful and decorative.

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Recycled Jacket Featuring ‘Tux’ The Linux Penguin

This lightweight jacket is made from recycled materials. Featuring ‘Tux’ the linux penguin used as the logo for Linux it is bound to appeal to all open source eco enthusiasts.

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10 Interesting Facts about Batteries

We seem to take batteries for granted these days, barely giving them a second thought. Most gadgets need batteries in one form or another, and most batteries are not great for the environment. Rechargeable batteries reduce the number of one-use batteries that we use, but rechargeable batteries still use harmful materials.

Well here are some interesting facts about batteries to encourage you to think a little more carefully about what batteries you buy. (more…)

Turn Your Water Bottle Into A Solar-Powered Lamp

The LightCap 200 is a smartly designed solar-powered light that converts standard-sized water bottles (such as those made by Nalgene®, Camelbak® and GSI®) into a useful and safe lamp. (more…)